Myanmar to Hold Historic Elections

Myanmar will hold elections Sunday, the first since five decades of brutal military rule ended in 2011. The elections are tipped to be Myanmar’s most competitive since 1990, when Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy won in a landslide. But the then-junta ignored the results, threw their members into jail and sentenced Ms. Suu Kyi to house arrest, where she remained for most of the two decades that followed. Still, with Myanmar’s military-drafted constitution reserving a quarter of seats for the military, and banning Ms. Suu Kyi from the presidency, eligible voters will only be able to elect lawmakers to the remaining 75% of seats, and this new parliament will then vote in the new president.

Baseball Crowns a Champion

After starting the World Series strong, Kansas City’s Royals could clinch the 2015 Major League Baseball championship as early as Monday. But they’ll have to beat the New York Mets in Queens, N.Y., where the series arrived Friday, before potentially returning to Missouri on Tuesday. The Mets took back momentum with a win on Friday, but New York fans could be forgiven for feeling nervous after defeats in the first two games. Still, they can take heart in remembering their 1986 team. That year, the Metropolitans lost the first two games (at home!) before rallying to beat the Boston Red Sox in seven, including an improbable win in Game 6 when a ball slipped, famously, through Bill Buckner’s legs.

Media Companies Ready Earnings Releases

The media world will shine a light on itself in the coming week, as big entertainment and communications firms release their latest batch of earnings. On Wednesday, Time Warner–whose revenue was helped by videogames last quarter–and 21st Century Fox report before the opening bell. They’ll be followed, on Thursday, by Disney and News Corp, owner of The Wall Street Journal.